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.TH MVPRINTW 3XCURSES "Jun 5, 2002"
.SH NAME
mvprintw, mvwprintw, printw, wprintw \- print formatted output window
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fBcc\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-I\fR /usr/xpg4/include \fB -L \fR /usr/xpg4/lib \e
\fB -R \fR /usr/xpg4/lib \fB -lcurses \fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]

\fBc89\fR [ \fIflag\fR... ] \fIfile\fR... \fB-lcurses\fR [ \fIlibrary\fR... ]

#include <curses.h>

\fBint\fR \fBmvprintw\fR(\fBint\fR \fIy\fR, \fBint\fR \fIx\fR, \fBchar *\fR\fIfmt\fR, \fB\&.\|.\|.\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBmvwprintw\fR(\fBWINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR, \fBint\fR \fIy\fR, \fBint\fR \fIx\fR, \fBchar *\fR\fIfmt\fR, \fB\&.\|.\|.\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBprintw\fR(\fBchar *\fR\fIfmt\fR, \fB\&.\|.\|.\fR);
.fi

.LP
.nf
\fBint\fR \fBwprintw\fR(\fBWINDOW *\fR\fIwin\fR, \fBchar *\fR\fIfmt\fR, \fB\&.\|.\|.\fR);
.fi

.SH PARAMETERS
.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fIy\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 7n
Is the y (row) coordinate position of the string's placement in the window.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fIx\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 7n
Is the x (column) coordinate position of the string's placement in the window.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fIfmt\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 7n
Is a \fBprintf()\fR format string.
.RE

.sp
.ne 2
.na
\fB\fIwin\fR\fR
.ad
.RS 7n
Is a pointer to the window in which the string is to be written.
.RE

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
The \fBmvprintw()\fR, \fBmvwprintw()\fR, \fBprintw()\fR, and \fBwprintw()\fR
functions are analogous to \fBprintf\fR(3C). The effect of these functions is
as though \fBsprintf()\fR were used to format the string, and then
\fBwaddstr\fR(3XCURSES) were used to add that multi-byte string to the current
or specified window at the current or specified cursor position.
.SH RETURN VALUES
.sp
.LP
Upon successful completion, these functions return \fBOK\fR. Otherwise, they
return \fBERR\fR.
.SH ERRORS
.sp
.LP
 No errors are defined.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability	Standard
_
MT-Level	Unsafe
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR printf (3C),
.BR addnstr (3XCURSES),
.BR libcurses (3XCURSES),
.BR attributes (7),
.BR standards (7)
